The Verge also said that in the latest builds of the OS (the one on the phone was "a very early build"), Notification Center is completely absent. So MS is still "experimenting".

They better do keep experimenting, because the notification center as shown in these screenshots looked like complete shit. It's like they don't know how to proceed with the UI design beyond the core system UI.

Does anyone know if the 928 will handle group messages? That is the biggest annoyance with my HTC 8X on Verizon. All of my friends use group messages and all I get are the individual texts from each of them and I can only reply back to that individual person. I know my WP7 phone on T-Mobile could do this.

So, two things. I keep meaning to adopt a password manager and since there is an article reminding me again, I am looking for recommendations for a password manager with the best integration with WP8.

Second, I bought the game Survivalcraft and you can do some syncing with Dropbox. It shuttles you to an authenticate web page and I enter the login information. It spins and then gives me a blank screen. The same thing happened recently when I used a public wifi that required an acceptance of terms type authentication. In both cases, the authentication does not fully complete. Anything I can do?

The authenticate or "Allow Survivalcraft to use Dropbox" page had a "=mobile" suffix. Changing this to "=desktop" allowed the page to render.

I finally did the software update that required a phone reset. Wow, there was no reason to be anxious. I did the backups, then the update. Took about 10 minutes to restore after the update and I haven't noticed anything missing or out of place. Does Nokia do some of the backing up?

I tried out LastPass this weekend. Not very impressed. It created multiple duplicate connections. And, it is webpage account only? Is there a way to use it for Account/Password for "launcher" apps, like games?

Suffering through the OS on my One hasn't made me want a notification center. I miss live tiles, and I miss having fluid scrolling and transitions.

I find that I miss the notification center much less than I thought I would. It might be nice to have, though. This pretty much nails what I'd like to see in a notification center. What I don't want is the cluttered mess that the Android notification center tends to turn into.

I also don't want features added that cause performance to suffer. Performance that started off terrible and degraded to unusable - nothing says awesome like being unable to listen to an mp3 without skipping, unresponsive scrolling, or playing Angry Birds at 2 FPS - was the main reason I left Android for WP.

Does anyone know if the 928 will handle group messages? That is the biggest annoyance with my HTC 8X on Verizon. All of my friends use group messages and all I get are the individual texts from each of them and I can only reply back to that individual person. I know my WP7 phone on T-Mobile could do this.

The group messaging thing is not a WP8 thing or a Lumia/HTC thing. Verizon is the one that disabled group messaging. There have been rumors for months that it would be fixed before summer, but nothing concrete.

I have to be perfectly honest, I do not miss the notification center like I thought I would. I keep my comm applications at the top of the page and they update for new info, the lock screen lets me know what is happening, don't really need a notification center. In fact, the Android NS got so crazy by 4.2, it became more annoying than useful at times.

Actually, I forgot one other feature that GDR3 better have (or that OEMs better start using)... a useful notification LED. I miss that from WM6. Missed-calls only sucks. (and few phones even have that now)

Actually, I forgot one other feature that GDR3 better have (or that OEMs better start using)... a useful notification LED. I miss that from WM6. Missed-calls only sucks. (and few phones even have that now)

Actually, I forgot one other feature that GDR3 better have (or that OEMs better start using)... a useful notification LED. I miss that from WM6. Missed-calls only sucks. (and few phones even have that now)

Doesn't HTC 8X already have a notification LED?

Yes, although I've never seen it notify me of anything more than charge status.

Actually, I forgot one other feature that GDR3 better have (or that OEMs better start using)... a useful notification LED. I miss that from WM6. Missed-calls only sucks. (and few phones even have that now)

Doesn't HTC 8X already have a notification LED?

Yes, although I've never seen it notify me of anything more than charge status.

This. It does nothing more than indicate whether it is charging or fully charged. It would be nice if the windows light pulsed.

Not sure what that means but it's definitely a great phone that I would like to get. Certainly a good looking device. However I need to stagger my hardware purchases with other savings / spending plans so maybe I'll upgrade to WP8 next year.

Not sure what that means but it's definitely a great phone that I would like to get. Certainly a good looking device. However I need to stagger my hardware purchases with other savings / spending plans so maybe I'll upgrade to WP8 next year.

That was a good review. And Tom Warren is right, at this stage Nokia is the one doing the fight for WP, not Microsoft. I suppose, we need to recognise some success in courting developers on Micrisift's side, as over the last couple of months there has been a modest but sustained flow of high profile apps coming in, and, it seems, there is now an entire cottage industry of third party replacements for missing first party apps (ex: Instance for Instagram). Still, Microsoft needs to move faster feature-wise.

Yes, although I've never seen it notify me of anything more than charge status.

This. It does nothing more than indicate whether it is charging or fully charged. It would be nice if the windows light pulsed.

My HTC Mozart used to blink green when I missed a call. I miss the LED on my Nokia, it was rather nice to know when to plug it without having to be actually using it and having the pop-up from the OS.

at this point i'd just like something that blinked when a missed x happened. i don't care if it changes colors or whatever. i hate that you have to turn the screen on to see if you missed anything. really a poor man's way of doing it.

are those leds just too big for today's credit card thin phones? or is this just some stupid style thing?

Yes, although I've never seen it notify me of anything more than charge status.

This. It does nothing more than indicate whether it is charging or fully charged. It would be nice if the windows light pulsed.

My HTC Mozart used to blink green when I missed a call. I miss the LED on my Nokia, it was rather nice to know when to plug it without having to be actually using it and having the pop-up from the OS.

at this point i'd just like something that blinked when a missed x happened. i don't care if it changes colors or whatever. i hate that you have to turn the screen on to see if you missed anything. really a poor man's way of doing it.

are those leds just too big for today's credit card thin phones? or is this just some stupid style thing?

sounds like someone needs to make an app for WP similar to NoLED for the Android. NoLED is a nice free app that blinks an icon on the screen when you have a missed call/voicemail/text/etc, and it does so without having to keep the screen on all the time.

Yes, although I've never seen it notify me of anything more than charge status.

This. It does nothing more than indicate whether it is charging or fully charged. It would be nice if the windows light pulsed.

My HTC Mozart used to blink green when I missed a call. I miss the LED on my Nokia, it was rather nice to know when to plug it without having to be actually using it and having the pop-up from the OS.

at this point i'd just like something that blinked when a missed x happened. i don't care if it changes colors or whatever. i hate that you have to turn the screen on to see if you missed anything. really a poor man's way of doing it.

are those leds just too big for today's credit card thin phones? or is this just some stupid style thing?

sounds like someone needs to make an app for WP similar to NoLED for the Android. NoLED is a nice free app that blinks an icon on the screen when you have a missed call/voicemail/text/etc, and it does so without having to keep the screen on all the time.

well the version of cyanogen mod i have on my old vibrant keeps the soft buttons lit on the phone when you miss x event. that works for me as well. ms can put that in at the least. i know my lumia has soft buttons that light up. just seems like no one is doing this. apple, google/partners/microsoft..

On my recommendation, my girlfriend bought a Lumia 520... And it inexplicably doesn't work on Virgin Canada. The bands match (GSM 850/1900), and Nokia's access point recognizes the SIM card as a Virgin SIM and offers settings for Bell/Virgin. But it never finds the network.

The phone works fine with my SIM card (Rogers). And her SIM works fine in her old Focus Flash and my HTC 8X. Both Virgin tech support and I are stumped as to why the phone never finds the network.

Has anyone had a problem with the speaker not working on the Lumia 920?

All of a sudden mine stopped working yesterday. It doesn't ring, doesn't ding...no sounds work but the phone speaker works fine if I hold it to my ear.I've turned ringer on and off a couple times, rebooted twice as well. No luck either time.Blue tooth is turned off as well (my first thought was that it was channeling through my bluetooth speaker).

Has anyone had a problem with the speaker not working on the Lumia 920?

All of a sudden mine stopped working yesterday. It doesn't ring, doesn't ding...no sounds work but the phone speaker works fine if I hold it to my ear.I've turned ringer on and off a couple times, rebooted twice as well. No luck either time.Blue tooth is turned off as well (my first thought was that it was channeling through my bluetooth speaker).

You tried doing a soft reset? If a soft reset doesn't fix it, you can thoroughly rule out software issues.

Has anyone had a problem with the speaker not working on the Lumia 920?

All of a sudden mine stopped working yesterday. It doesn't ring, doesn't ding...no sounds work but the phone speaker works fine if I hold it to my ear.I've turned ringer on and off a couple times, rebooted twice as well. No luck either time.Blue tooth is turned off as well (my first thought was that it was channeling through my bluetooth speaker).

You tried doing a soft reset? If a soft reset doesn't fix it, you can thoroughly rule out software issues.

Volume Down+Power Button, right?My phone actually locked up on me yesterday and I had to do that. About the time the ringer stopped working - so good idea. But just tried it and it didn't work.

Has anyone had a problem with the speaker not working on the Lumia 920?

All of a sudden mine stopped working yesterday. It doesn't ring, doesn't ding...no sounds work but the phone speaker works fine if I hold it to my ear.I've turned ringer on and off a couple times, rebooted twice as well. No luck either time.Blue tooth is turned off as well (my first thought was that it was channeling through my bluetooth speaker).

Try to plug in/out a pair of headphones. For some reason, if you use headphones the phone will sometimes "forget" to return to the speakerphone for sound when you unplug them. I had the same issue on my iPhone 4S.

Try to plug in/out a pair of headphones. For some reason, if you use headphones the phone will sometimes "forget" to return to the speakerphone for sound when you unplug them. I had the same issue on my iPhone 4S.

Dammit...why didn't I think of that? Matter of fact, I think this has happened to me before with either this phone or my iPhone 4 and I did that to resolve.

I've dropped to 3G from LTE on my phone. LTE is nice, but when you live and work in areas where your best connection speed is EDGE, all that LTE searching takes a toll on your battery. Battery life has increased by about 30-40% in the last few days.

I've dropped to 3G from LTE on my phone. LTE is nice, but when you live and work in areas where your best connection speed is EDGE, all that LTE searching takes a toll on your battery. Battery life has increased by about 30-40% in the last few days.

MS' last update didn't help me at all. the radio signal is weaker a lot of the time now. i don't know if it was to resolve some rampant antenna craziness or something but it's definitely hitting edge/3g much more now from lte.

Tap the letters to move quickly. Some sort of organization would help, though.

A note on this. The shortcuts appear only after the applist reaches a certain number of entries (40, I think). I had to do some research to find out why my 928 didn't have any shortcuts after I switched to it from an 8X. Once I installed a few more apps, the shortcuts appeared.